NCT04144764

Quantification of Upper Trapezius Muscle Stiffness Using Supersonic Shear Wave Imaging: Efficacy of Workplace-based Exercise Programme to Reduce Neck and Shoulder Disorders in Working Population

Status unknown NA Last updated 12 November 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Workplace-based exercise in Neck Pain in 100 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

9 November 2019

Primary endpoint
30 September 2022

30 September 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	100
Start date	9 November 2019
Primary completion	30 September 2022
Estimated completion	30 September 2022
Sites	1 location across Hong Kong

Drugs / interventions tested

• Workplace-based exercise
• Ergonomic advice and education

Conditions studied

• Neck Pain — all drugs for Neck Pain →
• Shoulder Pain — all drugs for Shoulder Pain →

Sponsor

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Neck Pain or Shoulder Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Objectives: (1) To examine the upper trapezius muscle stiffness using SSI in workers with and without neck/shoulder disorders; and (2) to develop a workplace-based exercise programme to reduce upper trapezius muscle stiffness and to enhance shoulder function and work ability in the working population.

Hypotheses to be tested: (1) Workers with neck/shoulder disorders demonstrate increase upper trapezius muscle stiffness when compared to healthy control; and a cutoff value of the upper trapezius stiffness was established for early identification of individuals at risk of having neck/shoulder disorders in the working population; (2) Workplace-based exercise programme can reduce upper trapezius muscle stiffness and enhance shoulder function and work ability in the working population.

Design: Part A study: Cross-sectional study; Part B study: randomized controlled trial

Subjects: One-hundred office computer workers with or without neck/shoulder pain

Study instruments: Supersonic shear wave imaging

Main outcome measures: Upper trapezius muscle stiffness, Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI), Neck Disability Index, Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH), work ability index (WAI).

Data analysis: Between-group comparisons to show differences in the outcome measures will be analyzed using Independent t-test. To compare the treatment effects, repeated-measures analysis of variance test (between-group factor: intervention vs control; within-subject factor: time (baseline, 6 week and 1 year)).

Expected results: Workers with neck/shoulder disorders demonstrate increase upper trapezius muscle stiffness when compared to healthy control. Workplace-based exercise programme can reduce upper trapezius muscle stiffness and enhance shoulder function and work ability in the working population.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.